The 47th Group Army was a group army (corps-sized formation) of the People's Liberation Army It was stationed at

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as part of the Lanzhou Military Region.陆军第47集团军历史沿革
/ref> It was disbanded in 2016-17, during the Chinese military reforms which had begun two years earlier. The 160th Division was created in March 1949 basing on the 1st Training Division of

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. The division became a part of 47th Corps. In August 1949 the division was disbanded.

Officers

Commanders

* Liang Xingchu: 1948-May 1949 * Cao Lihuai: 1949-1952 * Zhang Tianyun: 1952-1956 * Li Huamin: 1956-1960 * Yan Deming: 1960-1964 *

Li Yuan Emperor Gaozu of Tang (7 April 566 – 25 June 635, born Li Yuan, courtesy name Shude) was the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 618 to 626. Under the Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in the area of modern-da ...

: 1964-1975 * Hu Bohua: 1975-1980 * Zhang Defu: 1980 * Dong Zhanlin: 1985 * Qian Shugen: 1985-1992 * Guo Boxiong: 1992-1994 * Zou Gengwang: 1996-2000 *

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: 2000-2002 *

Xu Fenlin Xu Fenlin (; born July 1953) is a retired general ('' shangjiang'') of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, he was the final Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region ...

: 2002-2003 * Peng Yong: 2003-2011 * Cao Yimin: 2011-2013 * Zhang Lianyi: 2013–present

Political commissars

* Zhou Chiping * Li Renlin * Liu Xianquan * Chen Fahong * Sun Zheng

References

{{Corps and Armies of the People's Liberation Army Field armies of the People's Liberation Army Lanzhou Military Region Military units and formations established in 1949 Military units and formations disestablished in 2017